Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman was born on February 21, 1893, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was a Negro actor, known for Road to Zanzibar (1941), Cabin in the Sky (1943) and The Return of Frank James (1940). He died on August 5, 1954, in Hollywood, California, of a heart attack.
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the...
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Jesse James
as PinkieAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank...
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The Return of Frank James
as PinkyFarmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
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Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
as BuckAfter healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of...
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Road to Zanzibar
as WhitefaceStranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures,...
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Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and...
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The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' WoodfordWith the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is...
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Cabin in the Sky
as Jim HenryWhen compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory,...
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Blonde Savage
as TongaAn expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
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Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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The Get-Away
as Moose JonesA jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" ReemsA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...
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Banjo
as Uncle JasperFamily drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when...
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Congo Maisie
as VarnaiMaisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes,...
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Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from...
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Mystery Sea Raider
as First FishermanJune McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother...
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My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. MordecaiLiving with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with...
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Among the Living
as PompeyA mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble...
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Safari
as Witch doctorMillionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for...
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Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam BlikeA Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
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Third Finger, Left Hand
as SamMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
as uncreditedThe stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz,...
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6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...
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Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored GentlemanRadio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...
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White Hunter
as AbdiSafari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his...
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The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets JohnsonUnable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the...
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The Green Pastures
as PharaohGod, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are...
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Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.
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